Design and Development of a Borewell Rescue Robot

10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS13.103

John Jose Pattery；Niveditha Kalavakonda；Jittu Verghese Kurian；Lekha Mohan；Jippu Jacob

Rescue robot ； Borewell ； Robot

Proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress

14th-4（2015 / 11 / 04）

288 - 293

英文

We describe the design and working of a robotic device that can be used for the rescue of children trapped in borewells. The design is inspired by taking into account the reasons for failure of previously existing methods. A key feature of the device is its ability to lift a child with the help of a safety cage, instead of a grasping mechanism. The device has the capacity to shrink the size to lower into the borewell, thereby not affecting the wall. The joint angles have a facility of rotating 360 degrees, enabling the device to find a gap in any direction, without hurting the child. The radial movement of the device also enables it to function for a borewell ranging from 25.4 centimeters to 45.72 centimeters in diameter. The suitability of the proposed system is demonstrated by several experiments to test reliability of the developed prototype.